Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-02
THE SUFFRAGE QUESTION.
The Views 81 TIVE well
Known CIfizens.


EBEFua Pnsr-IExEEx1aExcxzs
! mast say that am panied an
aboeked ~ she position vsu taxa 8,
the woman swifrsRs quessauu. BelIevins
| you % be an honest, conscientious man
feai eure you have noa taken che posi-
ton anainat woman euffrans for o01iff-
cal sdsct; therefore il musi be inpatet
20 sozae Other cause o. uufixa. which
esase. in ny opiniop, Il ts b goand 6
tne fact that yoa are Doa snfHrieutly
broad or liberal in year vieas. How
ever, being young man yet, shers Z
beth time and room for inoproVsnenk
/ very veil remember tie tir1s when -
anti slavery element gas small and d.
spised-not oaiy %. bat when ffonsands
Of honest psopla believed that eiaVerv
Was riRht-then By dsRrses unsnss
minds began - change on tie subieef
They were willing 20 have the negroes
sent % Liberia; oct Of that idaa Grew
| the Colonization Society. A more liQht
waa turned on. the change IN meas
minds vas Rreater, until GnAlly thev
weEe willing 20 have emancipafiou a
any ecsi. and % it has been and viii
he In regard 10 any great social chance:
frsf the tender blade, then the STALK.
than the full corn In the ear. OF
course you cannot help being q youpa
man, fer oovioas reasons; bat give yoa
time and yo1 can remedy that defect.
Bus you co1ld have av0idod your pre-
snt position on the suffrage question By
taking Horace Greeleyss advics sooner,
90, failing in that, 10 have deferred ex-
preston on the subject until pssssssed
OF more expert nee. You have not bsen
here long enough 20 be filed with she
plans, ideas and possibilities OF the
West. II IL had nos been fer ths great
West slavery would not have been sboi-
ished yet; bat the West did not want
slavery, would not have it (sse histeFy
Of Oregon The West will be the firet
10 give woman her rights; the Eas. viii
come 20 10 gradually, OF piece meal, nrst
allowing her to vote at school eleotiouA
and hold slice In which theirs ID littIe II
any pay; then, finally, woman win Be
enfEanchised 10 every State In the
Union, and In fact IN the civilized
world. can have anore charity for you
than otherwise could IL Il were not fer
the fact that once oppossd-vonsn suf-
fFage myself. believing that Il would Be
dsmoFalizlne for women TO engage IN
politics and serve on the Jury, but ex-
have foand that the presence
Of women OF the polls and on juriss
has refining induenco. Elections are
more quiet and orderly, iuFies tEansact
their business just a. int-llieentiy and
more expeditiously, and last, bul NOS
least, your clothing IL not filed With the
odor OF five cent cigars. You argue that
10 was not fair TO awe women the ballot
without submitting the question to the
people. / ask what people9 Tue men7
Would that have been fairf And could
it have been done otherwise without
allowing the women 10 voter Nov to
my mind II tue question ought TO have
been submitted TO vote IL should have
been 20 the women alone. You say the
women do not want to vote. How DO
you knovl Just let the men use the
money which they soend for vhiskey
and tobacco In putting good, warm
clothes on their wives and daughters,
and then say, "Oome, Mary, let's 20
and vote" and you will fnd very few Of
them will refuse or neglect TO go TO the
polls. have fouf daughters and three
sons My wife and | have taught them
to hate whiskey and tobacco and 20 love
mercy. justice and equality. find that
" WIG AuQ uHuRuNofa tAAo 10 Wote Is
veil as ! and my sous do. In my
opinion the world 10 moving In The
direction OF justice and equality all
along the line, but never will reach that
higher plane Of the full and perfect day
until woman 10 Acknowledged the tqaai
Of man before the law, In tae chuFcnes,
colleges and other institutions Of learn
ing. know but little Of the rules eoy-
erping the Knights Of Labor, bat two
things have impressed me favoFably;
one 10 the stand taken by their Master
workman against intemperance, and
the other 10 that they regard the RICH
Of womsn. A great deal has been said
about the dootrine of 81. Paul with
difference to the position Of womsH,
when in fact he plainly says that be
does not speak by authority, but, AZ We
would say ia Chinook, il vas merely bis
tam fum. Well, st Paul was a widgwer,
and may have been aonewhat eccentric;
and yet, take bis writings all In all, IL
men would live no TO their teaching, the
{ ndenoy would be 10 elevate woman.
Hoping to live to see woman enfran-
shisea IN all the world,
remain yours,
d. T. DEEEx.